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February 14th, 2011, 08:39 PM
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It's plenty for a trading box. I would focus on...
It's plenty for a trading box. I would focus on quality PSU (not necessarily more wattage), focus on quiet or near silent PSU and GPU, an aftermarket CPU heatsink+fan (again for quietness).
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A laptop with sufficient CPU and memory is no...
A laptop with sufficient CPU and memory is no problem. The display is the issue, to me. My 3-year old notebook (ThinkPad T61p (http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3889)) has a 15.4"...
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Not sure about you, but most of our electric...
Not sure about you, but most of our electric lines are above ground here. And during hot summer months, thunderstorms can be quite bad, real windy, lots of lightning. So lightning can hit a...
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Well, you can get some fancy dedicated hardware...
Well, you can get some fancy dedicated hardware firewall's like these (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=firewall&x=0&y=0), but the basic...
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Yes very true. Especially here in Texas, lots of...
Yes very true. Especially here in Texas, lots of thunderstorms. I have four UPS's in the house. One CyberPower 1400 is for protecting my DLP+stereo equip, ps3, dvr, etc etc, the other three are...
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August 23rd, 2010, 10:40 PM
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IMO, If you have a good hardware firewall,...
IMO,
If you have a good hardware firewall, and only install something like MultiCharts, DTN IQfeed API, and X-Trader along with a something like Chrome in only browse in incognito mode with no...
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August 23rd, 2010, 08:12 PM
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Very true, ideally. A lot of virus programs will...
Very true, ideally. A lot of virus programs will definitely conflict with NinjaTrader. But unless you are an "expert" user, you should not attempt to run any PC without a virus scanner. Most...
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August 23rd, 2010, 07:58 PM
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Assuming that your primary trading machine will...
Assuming that your primary trading machine will also be used light-duty for web surfing and email, but no video games, no media serving, then basically:
Any quad core CPU will be sufficient,...
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That system is massively overpriced, and a bad...
That system is massively overpriced, and a bad choice for a trading system.
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